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Subj: Is 60m Within Our Grasp?
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To : WIA@WW
Is 60m Within Our Grasp?
Date : 14 / 05 / 2020
Author : Lee Moyle - VK3GK
The ACMA website has a few nuggets if you go digging.......
Recently released on the ACMA website for public comment, the ACMA is currently seeking feedback
on amateur access to the 5 MHz band in Australia.
This is excellent news from our friends at ACMA given the amount of hams globally who will be
chasing Australia for confirmation on 60m but with 15W EIRP, the DX will be challenging.
It is also an excellent band choice for general low power experimentation with even new digital
modes like WSPR, FT8 etc and for inter continental communications around Australia and our close
neighbours when 80m and 40m may be unsuitable that 60m is the better solution,
especially for outback and remote emergency communications.
Currently WIA and WICEN have allocations within the 60m band which are designated for emergency
communications and WIA news broadcasting.
Comments on options for the possible use of the band 5351.5–5366.5 kHz by the
amateur service on a secondary basis are invited.
Four options are identified, which explore differing degrees of segmented use,
on a geographical and/or frequency block use:
Option 1: Australia-wide access to the whole band (5351.5–5366.5 kHz) but excluding Queensland and zones around existing transmitters.
Option 2: Australia-wide access to 5351.5–5365 kHz, that is, exclude the top 1.5 kHz to mitigate against most known sharing issues.
Option 3: Segmented and/or channelised use to mitigate against interference to existing services.
Option 4: No amateur use.
ACMA want to hear from all spectrum users as to which option they prefer.
The first three options provide for amateur access whereas the last option does not.
Any of the first three options are good but from a personal perspective I find Option 2 is my overall
optimum choice for flexibility, maximizing band utilization with other international amateur radio
allocations and minimizing any potential interference (if any) to only a select few licenced users.
What do you think?
The WIA will be releasing a 60m consultation poll to the general Amateur radio community shortly
for you to choose and record your preferred option which on completion will be submitted to ACMA
for their perusal. The WIA poll, as always is open to all Radio Amateurs Australia wide, whether
a WIA member or not as we all need the opportunity to collectively have our choices tabled to
ACMA for their ultimate decision on the 60M Band usage for us.
Remember your single contribution, collectively with all the others, will make the difference.
Read more at WIA website wia.org.au and make your submission (which can be as simple as a line
saying which option you prefer):
It is important that you do send a submission whether via the WIA poll or directly to ACMA.
The Email Address to send to is: freqplan @ acma.gov.au or
click this Link> mailto:freqplan @ acma.gov.au
The full details of the ACMA submission request are avalable via
this Link> https://www.acma.gov.au/consultations/2020-05/possible-use-53515-53665-khz-band-amateur-service-consultation-132020
(Sourced from https://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2020/20200514-1/index.php)
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